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i know i know they keep telling us the police will take care of it.
in view of the horrible events that have occurred on college campuses, are the authorities really on top of it?
herding students all into a locked room for easy execution by the crazy does that make good sense?
i was in a government office and the workers were herded into the center of a large well lite room with lots of wall to wall glass facing the back where the crazy was shooting from.
we were not allowed to leave for 3 hours.
thanks alot.
Why would somebody want emotionally charged hormoned fueled students packing in class? How would that add to a learning environment. I bet there aren't many Profs that would like their students to be packing.
At what age does this emotionally charged hormoned fueled condition cease? Whatever age you decide should be the age for enlisting into the armed service. After all we cannot have emotionally charged hormoned fueled people carrying guns and defending our country.
Seems like part of the issue is: Who makes policy?
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Originally Posted by Randomstudent
At the campus of the school I attended guns and other weapons were banned because the president and board of trustees did not want them on their grounds. It was a private school and as such they have every right to decide what they want and do not want on their private property. Their logic was that having weapons on campus is disruptive to the learning environment. If you do not like a college's rules about firearms then do not go onto their property.
I think it's reasonable to place the responsibilty and the authority firmly on the shoulders of the campus policy makers.
IIRC , that was the case at Virginia Tech.
Why would somebody want emotionally charged hormoned fueled students packing in class? How would that add to a learning environment. I bet there aren't many Profs that would like their students to be packing.
At what age does this emotionally charged hormoned fueled condition cease? Whatever age you decide should be the age for enlisting into the armed service. After all we cannot have emotionally charged hormoned fueled people carrying guns and defending our country.
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I bet there aren't many Profs that would like their students to be packing.
Exactly. Try telling a student, who is expecting to graduate in two days and whose parents are already driving in from 500 miles away, that he isn't going to graduate because he didn't pass your class. That's definitely a situation in which a gun should be present.
Last edited by helenejen; 08-23-2009 at 10:39 AM..
Why would somebody want emotionally charged hormoned fueled students packing in class? How would that add to a learning environment. I bet there aren't many Profs that would like their students to be packing.
At what age does this emotionally charged hormoned fueled condition cease? Whatever age you decide should be the age for enlisting into the armed service. After all we cannot have emotionally charged hormoned fueled people carrying guns and defending our country.
Comparing a battle field where emotion is a neccessity to a classroom is about as absurd as it gets. It's why 18 years can get you into the military but not into a bar.
Also, can you imagine the initial confusion of trying to figure out which of the armed people was the actual instigator of gun-related violence? How many people would be killed from the confusion alone? Yeah, guns on campus sounds like a great idea.
You make an excellent point. Besides, I've yet to meet any person that I think is mature enough and intelligent enough to carry a loaded gun. Cops included, but I have little choice in that matter. But kids fresh out of HS with loaded guns? Talk about a recipe for disaster.
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